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water in pools, and very fair grass for the horses, 
about a mile and a half before we halted, we had 
obtained a view to seawards, and I set the “ Rocky 
Islets” at a bearing of S. 25° W. 
The character of the country generally, through 
which we travelled to-day, was very similar to that 
we had so long been traversing. Its general elevation 
above the level of the sea, was about three hundred 
feet, and to a distant observer, it seemed to be a 
perfect table land, unbroken to the horizon, and 
destitute of all timber or trees, except occasionally 
a few cabbage-trees, grass-trees, or minor shrubs ; 
it was also without grass. Upon crossing this region 
deep gorges or valleys are met with, through which 
flow brackish or salt-water streams, and shading 
these are found the tea-tree and the bastard gum. 
The steep banks which inclose the valleys, through 
which the streams take their course, and which 
until lately we had found of an oolitic limestone, 
now exhibited granite, quartz, sandstone or iron- 
stone. 
June 23. — Our horses having rambled some dis- 
tance back upon our yesterday’s tracks, it was late 
when they were recovered, and we did not get away 
until eleven. After travelling a mile and a half, we 
crossed a stream of most excellent water running 
over a bed of granite, in which were some large 
deep pools with reeds growing around their margins. 
A branch of this watercourse was crossed a little 
further on, but was quite dry where we passed it. 
